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Meadowlands: Analysis for Saturday 3/28
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 3/28 card at The Meadowlands.
Derick GiwnerMar 26, 2026
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 3/28 card at The Meadowlands.
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Spirit of St Louis and Carson's Run are both multiple Grade 1 winners entered in Saturday's $175,000 Appleton Stakes at Gulfstream Park, but they've both been away a while and the one-mile distance seems shorter than their best distance. Conversely, Quatrocento is 3 for 4 at one mile, and he looks to build upon his terrific seasonal debut when he won the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Stakes handily Jan. 31.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Saturday 3/28 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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A maiden special weight in late January doesn't figure to be a harbinger of what to expect in the marquee event for 3-year-old fillies here each winter, the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks. But, sure enough, the first two finishers that afternoon, She Be Smooth and Prom Queen, will meet again nine weeks later as the favorites in the $250,000 Kentucky Oaks qualifier.
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The New York Racing Association announced Thursday that purses for overnight races for the one-week Belmont Stakes Racing Festival and the 46-day summer meet will increase by a blended average of almost 14 percent.
The close of this Turfway Park meet marks the end of Chip Bach’s tenure with the track after 25 years, as the general manager officially retires on April 1.
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A race around a mere two turns is not enough to start the Racing Festival of the South stakes action on Saturday at Oaklawn Park. Racing secretary Pat Pope went for three. And so the $200,000 Temperence Hill, a 1 1/2-mile marathon sure to thrill the infield crowd, will be the first stakes on Arkansas Derby Day.
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Cadenza and Hen Party each make their stakes debut in the six-furlong, $125,000 Serena's Song Stakes for 3-year-old fillies, the closing-night feature Saturday at Turfway.
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Far Bridge has raced for three seasons, each one beginning with a narrow victory at Gulfstream Park. His fourth season begins with a start at Gulfstream Park in the Grade 3, $225,000 Pan American Stakes, the same race he won last year by a neck.
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Full Serrano established himself as a world-class miler in 2024, and he will be returning to the distance Saturday when he leads a deep and diverse cast of eight older horses in the Grade 3, $500,000 Oaklawn Mile.